Services

• Physical examinations

• Vaccinations

• Dentistry

Plaque is a collection of saliva, bacteria, and food particles that sits on the surface of your pet’s teeth. Tartar results when the Plaque becomes mineralised. As Tartar is often more than 80% bacteria, halitosis or bad breath is often the result. Other problems such as infected gums, loosening and loss of teeth through receding gums, and infections to other organs such as the heart and kidneys can occur. Dental scaling and polishing is recommended to remove residual tartar and restore your pets oral health. Prevention is the key to management of dental disease. By maintaining clean teeth, one ensures healthy gums. Good oral health is maintained by regular oral hygiene, whether by brushing or by chewing.

• Elective surgery (neutering, tumour removal etc)

• Soft tissue & orthopaedic surgery

• Radiology

• X-ray

Radiographs or X-Rays are a very important tool to diagnose diseases and follow their progress. Stable Close is equipped with radiology facilities which include an automatic film processor; this means better quality films and less re-takes.

• Ultrasonography

Ultrasound is a special test using sound waves to visualize organs in the chest or abdomen. It is painless and seldom requires anaesthesia or sedatives.

• Endoscopy

Endoscopy allows us to visualise the inside of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract. It also allows collection of samples for analysis and diagnosis.

• Blood screening

In-house laboratory testing is done on site at Stable Close Veterinary Clinic. This means we can get results for a wide range of tests. We have the capability to perform complete blood counts, chemistry profiles to assess organ systems, for example liver, kidney, pancreas, blood sugar, urinalysis. We also have access to external laboratories offering same-day results for a wide range of tests. We also strongly advise pre-anaesthetic testing for older and high risk patients to establish any possible underlying conditions not obvious on clinical examination.

• ECG

An electrocardiogram or ECG helps study the heart by telling us about the electrical activity of the heart. An ECG is sometimes indicated with coughing, weakness, fainting, seizures, trauma, congestive heart failure.